I know I’ve only done music for the FATM posts but I promise I’ll do other fields as well soon! I’m just still recovering from the series of thefts and fever which I’ve had for past 3 days.
anyways,
back in 2003,
back when I was “trapped” in ungodly place (aka Philly)
back when people were still using Friendster (but not the extent of the Facebook or Myspace nowadays) and xanga/livejournal haha,
most of the searching for “new music” was done by recommendations or just going to random gigs(don’t you miss going to random gigs and ~discovering~ fab new bands?)
Spending hours on um, message boards (remember them?),
I was so enamored with then seemingly charming New York culture
especially with its re-blooming music scene, and was eager to find more ~New York bands~ haha.
I came across (then-New Yorker) Devendra Banhart through Adam Green’s message board early 2003 and was intrigued by his strange yet alluring voice. (at first I assumed it was girl, ha!)
After reading more about his music and artistic background, I found out that he had an art book out which was available only in the UK at the time(I think).
so I posted on his record label’s Message board(haha), asking if anyone knew about where I could get the book.
Much to my surprise, Devendra himself replied and offered to send me a copy free of charge.
Weeks went by,
and one usual depressing day,
I came home to find a personalized envelope with a personalized book inside.
(which obviously made my day and had me bragging to my unimpressed friends for about a week)
It’s really lovely,
maybe I can post a picture of it when I make it back to the USA(whenever that might be)
anyways,
I dig his new song Carmensita (in Spanish!) and the video made me all nostalgic about India:
